RALEIGH (June 19, 2025) – Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, is the senior chair of the state House committee that will help decide how to spend more than $65 billion1 over ...

Editor’s Note: The following editorial appeared Sunday, June 15 in the Greensboro News & Record and the Winston-Salem Journal. It is reprinted here with permission.  In the 1993 film “The Fugitive,” which you may have ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works DURHAM (June 19, 2025) – As the school year rolled to a close, kids’ faces lit up with excitement as they carefully chose 10 new books ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 13, 2025) – As Trump administration officials take aim at university research across the country, they need to recall that old line about the goose that laid ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 13, 2025) – There’s been controversy this spring over the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the “overhead receipts” universities receive on federal research grants. Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Vice ...

By Heather Koons Public Schools First NC RALEIGH (June 13, 2025) – On June 4, staff at the Department of Public Instruction presented their report on Opportunity Scholarship voucher use for 2024-25 to ...

RALEIGH (June 13, 2025) — The N.C. House and Senate have enacted very different versions of a 2025-27 state budget, even though two plans would authorize virtually the same amount ...

https://www.publicedworks.org/2025/06/ Summer is almost here and school is out, but let’s not forget to celebrate the great work of our public schools, our educators, students, and supportive families! RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) ...

    By Dr. Laura Bilbro-Berry Public School Forum of NC Last month heralded the commencement season for colleges and universities across North Carolina. Within the class of 2025 are graduates who will be ...

RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – I recently read an opinion piece from a noted North Carolina columnist essentially blaming former governor Roy Cooper for the sharp decline in North Carolina ...